NEW DELHI: A protest over Citizenship Amendment Act, CAA is going on since last week. Students from university and college campuses nationwide will be protesting and boycotting the classes and exams slated on December 16, in support of the students of Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi and the Aligarh Muslim University, in Uttar Pradesh.
On both campuses, police officials used batons and tear gas to disperse the protesting crowd on December 15. Jamia students denied being involved in the protest and however, faced lathi-charge by police on students.
In spite, the Delhi Metrorail tried best to halt the movement by closing metro stations, several students and teachers landed up at the Police Headquarters at ITO for the protest.
Multiple University students all over the country have come out in support of their counterparts at Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University after Sunday’s police crackdown on the students.
“Due to the protest by the MNUU students against Delhi Police regarding the attack on JMI as well as AMU students, the students of MSNUU are boycotting the exam. Therefore, we request you to postpone the exam. We shall attend the exam on any other date as decided by you,” the Students’ Union of Maulana Azad National Urdu University’s note to the controller, examinations said.
At several colleges, including the IITs in Mumbai, Chennai and Kanpur have boycotted classes and exams to show solidarity with students at Jamia and AMU. Even the students of Mumbai’s Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) boycotted classes today, on December 16, 2019 and gathered on the campus for a peaceful protest.
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